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Election officer urges changes to absentee ballot rules and to ES&S pollbook functionality
Summary
Richard Lister, an election officer in Greater Richmond, told the State Board of Elections that absentee ballot procedures and ES&S Express pollbook features create vulnerabilities; he urged legislative and vendor action to require provisional ballots when absentee ballots are not surrendered and to remove pollbook-to-phone communications.
During public comment at the May 1 meeting, Richard Lister, who identified himself as an election officer in Greater Richmond, raised two election-security concerns and urged the board to pursue fixes.
Lister said voters who were issued absentee ballots may vote on a machine during the 45-day early in-person voting period without surrendering their absentee ballot; they can state they misplaced it and vote on a machine, while on…
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